Deodorizing and disinfecting device.



C. HAMMESFAHR. DEODORIZING AND DISINFEGTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILEDAUG. 2B, 1912.

LG@ M929.. Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

mnunu FAHR, acitizen of the United 'out in the claims at CHARLES HAMMESFAB, 0F NEW YQRK, N. Y.

DEODOBIZING' AND DISINFECTING DET-TICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar.31,1914.

Application le August 28, 1912. Serial No. 717,508.

To all ,whom it may concern Be it known t at I, CHARLES HAMMES- States,and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Deodorizing and DisinfectingDevices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more to a device whichv is adapted to attached toan electricfan in such a way that a. part of the air from the fan may becaused to pass through the device and become saturated with a' chemicalor other element arranged in the device for the purpose of being di'usedwithin a room. i

@ne of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a simple andefficient device Which may lbe readily attached to an electric or otherfan to be used for disinfecting, deodorizing or other purposes, andwhich device is so constructed that the character of the didusingelement may be readily changed or the fan readily arranged to beoperated in the usual way without the deodorizing or disinfecting memberof the device. l

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and eicientdevice which may be carried about and readily attached to a fn orarranged in any other convenient ace.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which isinexpensive to manufacture and which is adapted to be readily applied toa support or to be detached therefrom.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this speciiication, and will then be pointed theend of the description.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of an electric or other fanwith one form of device embodying my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2is an enlarged front elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of the deodorizing ordisinfecting member. detached from the supporting bracket. Fig. 5 is avertical section taken on the line V--V of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detailview of a diderent form of supporting bracket. Fig. 7 is a sideelevation of the attaching part of the supporting articularly clampbracket; and Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view showin a differentform of bracket and deodorizing and disinfecting member.

The fan 10 has the rotary blades 11, about which is a wire guard 12,which are of the p sual or may be of any preferred construc- A bracket13 has a stem portion 14 in which is a threaded aperture adapted to beengaged by a thumb or winged bolt 15. The threaded stem of this boltpasses through an aperture in a clamp member of plate 16 and is adaptedto be forced toward the stem 14 and to chimp and rigidly hold thebracket to the guard 12, as shown best in Figs. l and 3. The plate 16 isprovided with a lip .or projecting portion 17 which is adapted to engageand move over the outer edge of the stem 14 and prevent the clampingplate from rotating,

thereby servlng better to properly and hold the bracket to said guard.The bracket 13 has an enlarged head or part 18. This enlarged part issubstantially annular and passing through said head is a box-likedeodorizing or disinfecting member 19. This member 19 may structed andis adapted to be detachably held to said bracket in any suitable way. Asshown, the member 19 has a body or member 20 and a cover or member 21which is adapted to fit over the open end of the member 20. The boxmembers 20 and 21 have their ends perforated to permit air to passtherethrough and arranged within the member 20 between said perforatedends is a fibrous body or element 22. This fibrous element may be cottonor any other suitable material and may be arranged in an annular form soas to provide a central open portion 23 for the better passage of theair therethrough, and said element may be saturated with somesubstanceor chemical, as for example, oil of pine, perfume or some suitablesubstance whereby the atmosphere may be charged by the vapor mixing withthe air as it passes through the perforated ends or heads of the member19 and through or past the saturated element 22. It will be evident thatas the fan rotates air will be either forced through or drawn throughthe member 19 and saturated with a volatile substance according towhether the device is located at the front of the fan or at the rearthereof and that the air thus saturated maybe caused to circulate in theroom for the purpose of disinfecting or deodorizbe variously coningthesame according to the material used in the device. 'It will befurther evident that the device may be carried about Vb lthose.traveling or be lused in sick rooms an readily attached to a fan orother device; and further that the deodorizing or disinfecting membermay be readily attached to or detached yfrom the bracket leavin thebracket in position, thereby allowing t e air to be circulated in a roomwithout being charged by the chemical or other element or a new devicewith another chemical may be substituted without removing the bracket from its ositon. i

s a simple means for detachably connect- Iing the member 19 to the'bracket, I provide two clips or clasps 24 located on diametricallyopposite sides of said member. Thesey clasps may be of spring metall andmay have one end fastened as at 25 'to the cover 21 of the member 19 andat its other end provided with a finger portion, as 26, 'whereby thedevice may be moved toward the member body.

Each clasp or cli 24 may have a grooved part 27 which is adapted to litthe inner edge of the bracket head and hold the member 19 to said head.By pressing the finger portions 26 inward toward the body of the member19, the said member may be readily detached from the bracket or asreadily applied to said bracket.

In Figs. 6 and 7, the bracket instead of'be? ing cast or formed as shownin Figs. 1 to 3,

i may be made of wire bent to form a head 28 with projecting stemportions 29. These stem portions may fit into apertures in a block 30 tohold the same, and held to the block is a clamping plate 31. Theclamping plate 3l is substantially the same as the clamping plate 16 ofFig. 3 and is adapted to be held aga-inst the block by a thumb bolt 32t0 adapt the guard or vother support 12 to be rigidly held between saidThe deodorizing or disinfecting member is adapted to be held to the head28 inthe same manner as it is held to the bracket 13.

plate and the blockv30.

Fig. 8V shows a somewhat different construction from that ofthe otherures. The

member 37 has an inturned portion 38 prov perforated member viding anopening 39 which is adapted to be covered by a gauze or4 40. A fibrouselement 41 1s arranged between the two members 35 and 40, andA saidelement is adapted to be saturated with material and the air caused tocirculate therethrough in the manner substantially as already described.

Having thus described'my invention, I 'claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent r- 1. In a deodorizing tion with means for creating acurrent of air, of a bracket adapted to be attached to said means andhaving an open frame, a perforated receptacle for absorbent material,

land spring clips secured to the receptacle and havmg grooves toengage'the frame of the bracket for detachably holding said receptacle`to said bracket.

2. In a deodorizing device, the co1nbina tion with means for creating acurrent of air, of a bracket adapted to be attached to said means andhavin an open frame, a perforated receptacle or absorbent material, andspring clips, each secured at one end to the receptacle and havingfinger portions at the other end and a roove in its intermediate portionto engage t e frame of the bracket for detachably holding .saidreceptacle to said bracket.

This specification signed and witnessed this 26th day of August A. D.1912.

CHARLES HAMMESFAHR. Witnesses:

J oHN C. MCEACHEN,

L. I. MAYER.

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